GRAND BLANC, MI -- Jack Weller said he was putting the ball wherever he wanted and Caycee Turczyn admitted she was hitting the ball onto other fairways Monday during the Mallon Cup Challenge at Warwick Hills Country Club in Grand Blanc.

Their performances were good enough to earn each a victory at the first Flint Junior Golf Association tournament of the summer.

Weller, a senior-to-be at Swartz Creek, topped the boys field with a 74, finishing one shot ahead of Davison native and current Mott Community College standout Gabe Schiller. Schiller and Flushing’s Dan Olson each shot a 75. Chet Ryeson of Lapeer West finished fourth with a 77 and Haywood Petty (Carman-Ainsworth), Jason Raske (Davison) and Ryan Fulton (Flushing) all tied with an 80 to round out the top five. Schiller also finished one shot out of first place at last year’s Mallon Cup.

Turczyn, a junior at Lapeer West, shot an 83 to hold off Andrea Richards of Davison and Haylee Zyber of Swartz Creek and Oakland University, both of whom finished with an 85. Kristen Wolfe of Flint Powers Catholic shot an 86 and Chelsea Thomas of Flushing shot a 91.

It was the first time either Weller or Turczyn have won a tournament with the Flint Junior Golf Association’s Jack Nicklaus Group -- the oldest and most competitive age group of the program.

“It was just a pretty consistent round overall,” said Weller, who was recently named to the MLive-Flint Journal Spring Dream Team as the area’s top boys golfer. “For the most part, I’m hitting the ball wherever I want to. There’s just a few things I’m still working on, but other than that my game is pretty good right now.”

Weller made three birdies and three bogeys but knocked in several 10-foot-plus putts to keep his score low.

Turczyn said she struggled off the tee on the front 9 but found some consistency over her final nine holes, shooting a 38 on the back, to finish with the lowest score of the girls group.

“I was pretty surprised when they told me I was the low score. I didn’t think there was any way I was going to be (the winner) when I turned my card in,” Turczyn said. “The back was pretty good and I think it was because I was just having fun. After the front 9 I didn’t think I was going to have a chance to win so I kind of relaxed and was just having fun, talking and enjoying playing with my friends that I was with.”

Turczyn also plays basketball at Lapeer West and her summer schedule has been packed trying to stay sharp at both sports.

“I have been so busy the last couple weeks balancing everything,” Turczyn said. “With golf and basketball, and I work, it’s been a lot of golf in the mornings, then go play basketball then work later in the day. I’m going to play in a lot of golf tournaments (this summer), though, so I think I’ll keep getting better.”

The Mallon Cup was added to the FJGA schedule last summer as a tournament in honor of Dr. Harold Mallon, who along with his family has made significant contributions to the FJGA. FJGA Director Loyd Walter said he plans to make the event a fixture on the FJGA schedule and also potentially use it as a qualifier for the American Junior Golf Association tournaments.

“What I’m trying to do now is to try and get the winners of this exempt into some AJGA tournaments,” Walter said. “We have that with the Larry Mancour Cup and we’re trying to do that here. It’s been a nice addition. We’re at Warwick Hills, which is one of the nicest courses in Genesee County and it’s a great opportunity for the kids in our program.”

The next major FJGA tournament for the Jack Nicklaus Group is the Mancour Cup at Flint Elks July 8-9.

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